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how to boot linux without a boot loader
currenty i'm using Windows XP.... i need to install the linux in my pc... but i dont need the GRUB or LILO boot loaders... is it is possible to boot the linux without the boot loader....?
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why would you not want to install grub? it'll pix up the windows installation and just automatically add it to the boot menu.
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You have lots of options, including putting the bootloader on a floppy. The "booting" link below might be helpful |
thanks for correcting me and i was pleased to hear how to copy the GRUB boot file to floppy and how to make it as bootable
thanks a lot in advance |
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Yes that will work.
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thanks buddy.....
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can any one suggest me how to use USB drive instead of the floppy to store the boot record....?. because it failing often,,,, or even CD also appricated......
may i use any software to create that like BRAT boot image etc....? help me dudes thanks in advance |
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Hey guys, lets get this right.
A Linux can be booted without its boot loader installed. It is easier if it got one because there would be instruction left on how it is booted. A Grub prompt, which can be obtained from a floppy, USB pen drive and CD preloaded with Grub, is all that is needed to fire up a Linux. You can even get a Grub prompt from some Live CDs. I define a Grub prompt before Grub load a system. If you get a Grub shell after loading a Linux the Grub inside can not be used for booting. Assuming the Linux has no boot loader it must have a kernel in /boot. Some times an initrd file too. These two files are always in pairs with the same tail in the file names so pretty easy to identify by booting up a Live CD and mount its /boot. These lines below are pretty standard for firing up any Linux distro. It may not always work but pretty reliable in my experience. Say you have find out its /boot is in the 3rd partition of first disk (hd0) so /boot is known to Grub as (hd0,3) and in Linux convention as sda4. You also need the root partition too which I assume to be sda6. I prefer /boot and / partition to be the same device but they can be different. Code:
root (hd0,3)Code:
root (hd0,3)Steps to make a USB pen drive boot up to a Grub prompt (1) Boot up a Linux Live CD that has Grub (2) Find out where it hide Grub's stage1 and stage2 by command "find / -name stage1" (3) Plug in the USB drive, mount it and create a /boot/grub directory (4) Copy stage1 and stage2 into this newly created directory. (5) Assuming the pen drive is detected as disk (hd1) and has only one partition inside then invoking a Grub shell inside the boot-up Live CD Linux to set up Grub by commands Code:
grub--------------------------------------------------- To make a bootable Grub CD Follow Chapter 3.4 of Grub Manual. It is just copying one file and using mkisofs command. Alternatively use the selected Live CD I mentioned above. ----------------------------------------------------- Enjoy Grub prompt. Do me a favour in return. Let me know if you find an installed PC system that cannot be booted up by it, as I have been searching for years but still could find one. |
i'll have a try of that and reply u saikee thanks for such brief info
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i recently saw this link its much usefull related to this topic
have look at this [URL="http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130715"]link |
hope same link of saikee only,,,,,,
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There are several ways to boot Linux without Lilo or Grub.
From XP you can add commands to boot.ini to boot your Linux partition. You can also use loadlin (from DOS) to boot your Linux. |
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